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Children will also be catered for with chuggets - small chicken sausages, which are essentially Simon's sausage version of chicken nuggets.

Prices range from £2.99 to £3.99 for a hot dog, and visitors can choose whether to sit in or take their food away. There's even a breakfast hot dog for early birds.

And despite only opening two days before Christmas, the eatery is already making an impression - with a growing collection of five-star reviews on Facebook .

"That has only been by word of mouth," he said. "At the moment I am just keeping the restaurant open for as long as customers turn up. I am really passionate about it."

Simon accidentally discovered his interest for all things food aboard a submarine as an engineer, cooking jacket potatoes for his colleagues.

After discovering that he was soon to become a father, the Cardiff-born chef dedicated himself to self-teaching himself how to cook. He has only gone from strength to strength - and although his pitch was rejected from Dragons Den nine years ago, he now supplies Peter Jones with his meat infusion sauces.

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"I don't really make anything from what I do," he said. "But I get to spend quality time with my boy. In fact, he has tried out some of the hot dogs for me! If he wants to, in the future, he can take over the businesses."

Plans for the future include evening openings with a bar, a drive-thru service in Barry and a restaurant opening in Cardiff before taking over the rest of the UK.